Uncut's Scores

  • Music
For 11,991 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.8 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 72
Score distribution:
11991 music reviews
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    • 80 Critic Score
    Hot Thoughts finds Spoon at the peak of their considerable powers, their ninth album effortlessly unfolding and revealing its mysteries as they cement their place in the firmament of undeniably great rock bands. [Apr 2017, p.34]
    • 71 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Aged 85 and in grave health, Scott's superlative countertenor was weakening, but his expressive gifts are unerring. [Mar 2017, p.39]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    If anything, Damage And Joy underscores the Mary Chain's strengths. [Apr 2017, p.36]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A mixture of original songs, among them the propulsive title track, and covers, each of which are given a richly visceral makeover by massed female voices. [Apr 2017, p.26]
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    • 65 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Swans' Michael Gira and Douglas J. McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb sound very much at home. ... Elsewhere, more experimental link-ups slow the tempo, but create some intriguing collisions. [Apr 2017, p.23]
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    • 70 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    An occasionally frustrating listen, but never a dull one. [Apr 2017, p.28]
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    • 77 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's Macve's self-assurance and rounded expression that impress- that and her voice, a Lustrous and powerful instrument with a yodelling swoop that she wisely never overworks. [Apr 2017, p.32]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    A set of atmospheric trance-like improvs that touches only tangentially on conventional song structures. [Mar 2017, p.32]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Recording at home, [lends] Moh Llean its rougher edge. [Apr 2017, p.40]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Ibibio Sound Machine barely need drums to weave their polyrhythmic magic. [Apr 2017, p.32]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Having scampered down the rabbit hole, COA seem hopelessly confused--and all the better for it. [Apr 2017, p.25]
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    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    An even richer reward for admirers--since he's never written with such frankness. [Apr 2017, p.32]
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    • 74 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    2013's Delta Machine saw Ben Hiller help them access their mid-life pain in dark post-dubstep. This stint with James Ford, though, has effected a more overt compromise. [Apr 2017, p.26]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    His wavering voice embraces sun-kissed pop on "Always The Right Time," twilight noir on "Leaving California"--and most emotions in between. [Mar 2017, p.28]
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    • 75 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The guitars sound grittier, the vocals bolder, the tempos just a bit faster, and her range much broader. [Mar 2017, p.35]
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    • 85 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    An impressive deepening of Marling's explorations, and a timely testament to change as a positive force. [Apr 2017, p.24]
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The overall effect feels arch and a little insubstantial, James Bagshaw's airy vocals adding tot he sense of impermanence. They're best at their most direct. [Apr 2017, p.39]
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    • 89 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A vivid storyteller, June approaches traditional music with a similar mix of irreverence and affection. [Apr 2017, p.30]
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    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's a subtler and darker sibling to The Sophtware Slump or Just Like The Fambly Cat. [Apr 2017, p.30]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    His poignant, classically arranged pieces sit surprisingly well alongside more electronic compositions. [Apr 2017, p.37]
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    • 84 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Reid's follow-up to 2015's gorgeous debut, Listen To Formation, Look For The Signs, is no less bewitching. [Apr 2017, p.37]
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    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hyperactively wordy and exquisitely tuneful. [Apr 2017, p.39]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Its cut-and-paste of totalitarian rhythms, shredded human voices and celestial melodies something like an Aphex Twin remix of Hieronymus Bosch. [Apr 2017, p.25]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Feels like the work of a man who's finally found his calling. [Apr 2017, p.28]
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    • 83 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    A set which is at times whimsical, and frequently dark--sometimes managing to combine these sensations. [Apr 2017, p.39]
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    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Stream-of-consciousness ranting has helped Sleaford Mods develop songwriting which is doubtful, while retaining its intensity. [Apr 2017, p.31]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It's business as usual for The Godfathers. [Mar 2017, p.30]
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    • 69 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    It would have been much more satisfying had she and Cannon stuck with the style of the songs that bookend the album. [Apr 2017, p.32]
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    • 78 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The album's palette feels broad, with electronics switching from twinkling and melodic to antagonistic industrial clangs. [Apr 2017, p.40]
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    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    [A] remarkably wise and timely album. [Mar 2017, p.18]
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